The Bound Between Us

Chapter 428

Katie described, “He’s around thirty, about 180 centimeters in height, medium build, with blond curly hair. I’ve seen him several times, even at night.”

At this, Anastasia’s alarm bells went off. “Katie, why didn’t you say something before? When did you start seeing him?”

“I didn’t think much of it at first, so I forgot to mention it,” Katie recalled. “I think it was about a month ago. I saw him climbing out of our backyard. I thought he was a burglar, so I confronted him. He said he dropped something in our yard and was retrieving it. I didn’t suspect anything at the time. But last night, I saw him lurking around our front door again.”

“Let’s check the surveillance footage,” Anastasia suggested quickly.

They hadn’t lost anything from the house recently, so it didn’t seem like burglary.

Salma admitted, “I’ve never seen him.” If it hadn’t been for Katie’s disclosure, Anastasia would have been completely unaware.

Anastasia pulled up the surveillance footage and searched for the time Katie mentioned. Sure enough, the footage showed a man skulking around their front door.

The man was wearing a hat and a mask. He climbed into the yard around nine o’clock the previous evening, sat on the porch steps for a while, and then climbed back out.

“Not a burglar?” Anastasia was puzzled. He climbed in but didn’t steal anything. What was he doing? To be precise, the man did nothing that could be seen on the video.

Salma noted, “I was home at that time last night. I was in the art studio with Pattie, helping her paint.”

Salma, “Mom, did you

Salma shook her head. “Not

“He always stays by the door. I only saw him climb out of the yard once, and he didn’t seem to be carrying

deep in thought. “Who is this man?” She didn’t recognize him. She watched the footage again

not, Anastasia had to tell Herman about the intruder. This was not

sent a screenshot of the video to Herman, with a note: “Katie said she first saw this man lurking around our house about a

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dropping Pattie at school, was on his way

not wanting to embarrass her in front of Anastasia. But he

Anastasia’s message, he frowned and handed the

this man

Salstrom Manor.

had felt uneasy. She had made a mess of things. Julie had ended up in bed with Joseph. Julie was supposed to be interested

what’s the matter?” Feiman was about to leave the house. Seeing his mother

living room sofa, lost in thought, he asked

at his voice. “Son, you

down. “Mom,

She stopped Feiman, “When are you going to acknowledge Joseph? It’s pitiful. He’s